nixpkgs/nixos/modules/config/malloc.nix

{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
with lib;

let
  cfg = config.environment.memoryAllocator;

  # The set of alternative malloc(3) providers.
  providers = {
    graphene-hardened = {
      libPath = "${pkgs.graphene-hardened-malloc}/lib/libhardened_malloc.so";
      description = ''
        An allocator designed to mitigate memory corruption attacks, such as
        those caused by use-after-free bugs.
      '';
    };

    jemalloc = {
      libPath = "${pkgs.jemalloc}/lib/libjemalloc.so";
      description = ''
        A general purpose allocator that emphasizes fragmentation avoidance
        and scalable concurrency support.
      '';
    };

    scudo = {
      libPath = "${pkgs.llvmPackages.compiler-rt}/lib/linux/libclang_rt.scudo-x86_64.so";
      description = ''
        A user-mode allocator based on LLVM Sanitizer’s CombinedAllocator,
        which aims at providing additional mitigations against heap based
        vulnerabilities, while maintaining good performance.
      '';
    };
  };

  providerConf = providers.${cfg.provider};

  # An output that contains only the shared library, to avoid
  # needlessly bloating the system closure
  mallocLib = pkgs.runCommand "malloc-provider-${cfg.provider}"
    rec {
      preferLocalBuild = true;
      allowSubstitutes = false;
      origLibPath = providerConf.libPath;
      libName = baseNameOf origLibPath;
    }
    ''
      mkdir -p $out/lib
      cp -L $origLibPath $out/lib/$libName
    '';

  # The full path to the selected provider shlib.
  providerLibPath = "${mallocLib}/lib/${mallocLib.libName}";
in

{
  meta = {
    maintainers = [ maintainers.joachifm ];
  };

  options = {
    environment.memoryAllocator.provider = mkOption {
      type = types.enum ([ "libc" ] ++ attrNames providers);
      default = "libc";
      description = ''
        The system-wide memory allocator.

        Briefly, the system-wide memory allocator providers are:
        <itemizedlist>
        <listitem><para><literal>libc</literal>: the standard allocator provided by libc</para></listitem>
        ${toString (mapAttrsToList
            (name: value: "<listitem><para><literal>${name}</literal>: ${value.description}</para></listitem>")
            providers)}
        </itemizedlist>

        <warning>
        <para>
        Selecting an alternative allocator (i.e., anything other than
        <literal>libc</literal>) may result in instability, data loss,
        and/or service failure.
        </para>
        </warning>
      '';
    };
  };

  config = mkIf (cfg.provider != "libc") {
    environment.etc."ld-nix.so.preload".text = ''
      ${providerLibPath}
    '';
  };
}